soften up

英 [ˈsɒfn ʌp]

美 [ˈsɔːfn ʌp]

（求助于人之前）讨好，安抚

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (求助于人之前)讨好，安抚
  If yousoftensomeoneup, you put them into a good mood before asking them to do something.
  1. If they'd treated you well it was just to soften you up.
     他们要是对你好，也不过是为了讨好你罢了。

双语例句

• Okay, I was trying to soften you up.
  好了，我那是在软化你。
• Sometimes an expensive gift may be necessary to soften up a government official.
  有时为了使一位政府官员手软，向其赠送一份昂贵的礼物也许是必要的。
• You'd soften up soon enough if I were blacky.
  小二黑一来管保你就软了！
• The special cream will help to soften up your skin.
  这种特制香脂有助于使皮肤柔软。
• If they'd treated you well it was just to soften you up.
  他们要是对你好，也不过是为了讨好你罢了。
• It can turn firm for off-road, trail running and then soften up when it hits the pavement.
  它可以越野，在公路，步道上跑步，踩在路面时会缓冲。
• Disease picture will "soften up" and begin to break apart.
  疾病的图片会“软化”，并开始打破，除了。
• Knoll often takes a pea-sized amount of pomade or wax, rubs it between his hands to soften it up, and wraps pieces of hair around his fingers.
  出席晚间活动之前，他通常会取豌豆大小的润发油或发蜡涂在手心上，摩擦双手将其均匀抹开，然后用手指抓头发。
• Soften up a prospective buyer with soft-sell tactics
  用诱劝等软推销手法软化未来的买主
• The frozen earth begins to soften up at the beginning of spring every year.
  每年一开春，冻土就开始融化。